Pride News Canada's Leader In African Canadian & Caribbean News, Views & Lifestyle

KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 17, 2019 (CMC) – Prime Minister Andrew Holness, yesterday, welcomed the latest unemployment figures, released by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), saying his administration “will continue to implement strategies to encourage significant economic growth and job ...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda, April 17, 2019 (CMC) – Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister, Gaston Browne, has again criticised the position of the United States, regarding China’s assistance program to the region, saying that Beijing is providing loans, at ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, April 17, 2019 (CMC) – Opposition Leader, Phillip J. Pierre, said that the EC$1.59 billion budget, presented by Prime Minister, Allen Chastanet, “does not address the voices of genuine concern, being expressed by the majority of St. ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 17, 2019 (CMC) – The Jamaica government says it is preparing to roll out more  Zones of Special Operations (ZOSO), after the Parliament approved two resolutions, yesterday, extending the ZOSOs in Mount Salem, St. James, and Denham ...

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, April 17, 2019 (CMC) – President, Jovenel Moise, says he has instructed the police to take “urgent measures”, to deal with the spate of criminal activities in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country. Moise said he ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, April 17, 2019 (CMC) – Guyana’s Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, said, today, he would make a formal response, in writing, to allegations, being investigated by the Guyana Police Force (GPF), that he, allegedly, incited supporters at a rally, ...

WASHINGTON, District of Columbia April 17, 2019 (CMC) – The United States says the “US-Caribbean Resilience Partnership”, which was launched in Miami, last week, will strengthen the relationship with the region and advance “shared interests”, in achieving greater resilience to ...

By Ishmael Munene Guest Writer Vice-chancellors of Kenya’s 33 public universities are demanding a three-fold tuition fee increase. They point out that the proposed fee increase will merely meet the actual cost of providing university education. Set 30 years ago, ...

By Maria Ryan Guest Writer In December last year the US National Security Advisor, John Bolton, gave a speech at the Heritage Foundation in Washington DC, in which he outlined the Trump administration’s new Africa strategy. According to Bolton, the ...

WASHINGTON, District of Columbia April 17, 2019 (CMC) – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says it has approved a new country strategy with Barbados, which will have a financial plan, for the period 2019–2023, of up to US$300 million for ...